The Oakland Paradox: Obama, Weed And Gunshttp://www.businessinsider.com/the-oakland-paradox-obama-weed-and-guns-2012-4/comments
en-usWed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500Fri, 09 Dec 2016 22:21:12 -0500WhoWhatWhyhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f8a0b81ecad04ef7c00000aKeri ResnerSat, 14 Apr 2012 19:42:57 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f8a0b81ecad04ef7c00000a
Speaking of values, Ben over at Christian Debt Counseling Guide wrote an article called Christian Financial Investments and Faith Based Mutual Funds.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f829214eab8eafa08000044gdudeMon, 09 Apr 2012 03:39:00 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f829214eab8eafa08000044
Yeah, by that Democrat president who promised hope and change. Go figure.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f8252a1ecad043408000024garywebsterSun, 08 Apr 2012 23:08:17 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f8252a1ecad043408000024
Well said. He will never get the guns from the south, they are armed up to the hilt!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f81aecbeab8eaba61000076Ruler4YouSun, 08 Apr 2012 11:29:15 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f81aecbeab8eaba61000076
Actually, IMHBLO, it's the priorities of the people of Oakland that are backwards, not obango the clowns.
If you are looking to government for handouts and benefits for your condition, YOU are the problem.
I can tell you with a reserved reassurance, that I do not care for obango the clown. At all. He "IS" a communist. And I believe in individual freedom and liberty. Not some hybrid of that, not some "I get a little here AND a little there." Either I make it on my own or I go the way of the Dodo. Big deal. No one gets off this rock alive. NO ONE.
But if you are waiting around to "collect" your 'due' then you get what you deserve. Nothing. And that includes ZERO respect from Americans. Either pull your head out or don't. It makes no difference to me. But don't look to anyone but your self when the bell tolls. For it tolls or thee.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f81a82069bedd676c00002fDMSun, 08 Apr 2012 11:00:48 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f81a82069bedd676c00002f
The first half of this article was spot on, and interesting to see Obama using these drug raids to his personal political benefit. On the other hand, your gun control opinion is just childish. Murder rates in the US and every other western country are wayyyy down from 500-800 years ago.
<a href="http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2011/06/long-term-trend-in-homicide-rates.html" target="_blank">http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2011/06/long-term-trend-in-homicide-rates.html</a>
With murder rates down so far, corresponding with the advancement of firearms, why do we need to curtail firearm usage? Personal ownership of firearms was not lawful in the former Soviet Union, but do you think that was a safe society? People will always kill each-other, with whatever means are at their disposal. Its in our nature. Deal with it.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f819e4cecad04275f000004MosesSun, 08 Apr 2012 10:18:52 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f819e4cecad04275f000004
Violent crime down although gun sales have sky rocketed,
kind of flies in the face of the repeated idiotic articles to the contrary?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f81529669bedd707c000024OaklandOaklandSun, 08 Apr 2012 04:55:50 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f81529669bedd707c000024
AS AN OAKLAND RESIDENT it saddens me to see the way the Federal Government is behaving in Oakland. Keep in mind this is a city with terribly high rates of gang activity, a desperate economy, and failing (seriously, no other word would cover what's happening) education systems.
Instead of lending a helping hand towards all of the issues that our city faces, the federal gov't decides to come in guns blazing and target what is probably one of the most harmless institutions in the city.
To me it seems like a cop who ignores robberies and murders while furiously handing out jaywalking tickets.
Get your priorities straight.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f8111566bb3f77610000040smokeSun, 08 Apr 2012 00:17:26 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f8111566bb3f77610000040
They ie eric holder and company ran thousands of weapons to the mexican drug cartels and this was to set up a false flag to entrap legal american gun dealers into a compromised position where the atf, and fbi could then move in on the legal gun dealers and charge them with selling guns to the mexican cartels, this was never to entrap the mexican cartels, it was a setup to entrap legal dealers to give big brother the excuse for more gun control.
Hell the cia and mi 6 are the biggest drug runners in the world, the cia controls the mexican drug cartels and is behind every kilo of cocaine that enters the u.s., the war on drugs is a total bullshit false flag, to provide the u.s. gov with the excuse to take away what little freedom we have left.
The u.s. gov is ran by criminals for criminals and eric holder and jon corizine are just the latest proof of this both are guilty as hell and free as a bird.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f8109c269beddd46b00000eMechanical GripSat, 07 Apr 2012 23:45:06 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f8109c269beddd46b00000e
your most important point is what we eat.
Not sure if anyone remembers many years ago the "big Mac defense". Basically the defense position for a mass hooting inside a McDonlads Resteraunt was that the shooter (murderer) had been eating at McDonalds every days for years. The thesis was the food containing all the artificial chemicals and unpronounceable stuff drove him to it. It didn't work. He was convicted, but the thought of our food causing criminal behavior was inserted in legal proceedings.
You bring up a good point. More research is needed. This sure makes the Monsantos of the world look worse and worse...http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f80fc316bb3f7e372000025OK CorralSat, 07 Apr 2012 22:47:13 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f80fc316bb3f7e372000025
You can cut the murder rate in the US by half, if you just take guns away from young black males.
5% of the US population responsible for half the murders.
Check out the FBI website for the hard facts.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f80ef85ecad04d90100005csmokeSat, 07 Apr 2012 21:53:09 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f80ef85ecad04d90100005c
Speaking of guns and drugs how come eric holder and his gang of gun runners at the dept of UNJUSTICE are still in the government and not in jail, for running guns to the mexican drug cartels, looks like the gutless cowards in congress are scared to do anything about it, of course most are on drugs themselves so it figures.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f80df68ecad049c7c000050Sir Bunty Singh of Punjab ProvinceSat, 07 Apr 2012 20:44:24 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f80df68ecad049c7c000050
The Food we eat has a HUGE effect on how you turn out to be...
Eating Animals will turn you into an Animal.......Bunty's Indian Grandma.
80% of anger, depression and hate arises from injesting food not fit for a Human.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f7f0f44ecad04fb5e00001aMavHunter20XXFri, 06 Apr 2012 11:44:04 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f7f0f44ecad04fb5e00001a
Must be the most thoughtful comment ever made. I carry a pistol as much as I can when I travel outside of my house, when ever I get passionate about anything, I have to remember I have pistol on my hip and I need to keep myself from any complicating circumstances, I'll even take the time to put it away so it's not around when I'm upset.
How does this editor know that the guns that were used to "mow down" people were legal as in they legally possesed it. No matter, I bet he never heard of the case of the man that went into a kinderguarden school and killed several children and attacked the teacher....with a knife.
Right to bear arms is not specific to guns, it's specific to a means to resist. The more people confuse this, we are at risk of losing everything and simple personal defense will be criminalized.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f7f05dfeab8ea8f50000097KimFri, 06 Apr 2012 11:03:59 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4f7f05dfeab8ea8f50000097
While we print about senseless gun deaths, we also seem to ignore a more obvious scenario....stabbings, stranglings, rape, and other senseless violence that DOESN'T include a firearm..The statistics on violence would change drastically. Domestic violence can be added to that list as well, making the very act of gun violence more than likely, mute.
Another factor not being considered, printed, or talked about is what we are ingesting and how our environment affects us. Stress causes HIGH rates of violence. Japan used to have (I do not know if they still do) the HIGHEST rate of suicide in the world. I remember it being in the news sometime in the 80's, all kinds of talk about how stress causes these types of violent occurrences. Fear causes random violence as well. In a society that fears it's neighbor's, fears disciplining their children, fears saying the wrong thing in front of the wrong person, and many many more fears, you also have high rates of violence. When people feel backed into a corner, emotionally or physically, real or imagined, survival instincts kick in. They are natural, we are all born with them, and they can only be controlled so much. Eventually the brain goes into override and just flips shit. These are psychological facts that can be viewed in nature everyday. We know what is expected of us, we know anonymous phone calls can be made to authorities at any given time, and our rights to innocent until proven guilty are just words. So most "underprivileged persons" walk wary of those around them. Jail is not fun, invasion of privacy is not fun, dealing with the authorities is NOT fun, even when you are in the right! (mmj dispensaries) Stress! wow, total STRESS! can't imagine why there would be violence or fear.
Eating...The majority of Americans (at least by pharmaceutical statistics) have a motif cocktail of pills everyday, eat like shit (or pink slime, whichever), and have been molded into a society based on addiction...Well isn't that lovely? There is reason to believe there could be some unforeseen health risks here, both physically and mentally. When I was in third grade science we learned that there are steps to a conclusion (fact), 1) Theory 2) experimentation 3) hypothesis 4) conclusion. I am sure that we have yet to see the final conclusion on what we eat and how it affects mind, body, and spirit.
What this Oakland Paradox really shows us, is how far we as a people can be stretched outside of nature and still survive. When plants are stressed, they drop their leaves, go into shock, and or die. When a dog gets stressed, they may bite, growl, be aggressive, possessive. When a cat gets stressed they act like nuts, lose their hair, bite, hiss, hide, and sometimes starve themselves to death, fish go belly up.....is it really all that inconceivable, to think that a human would NOT have stress symptoms as well?
hmmmmm.........